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Posted by George Entenman
Jan 7, 2026 at 05:33 AM
satis wrote:
This was an insta-upgrade for me through Omni’s website. When I last
>upgraded to v.5 (Feb 2019?) the upgrade price was $49.99, but back then
>the iOS app/upgrade was a separate purchase. Here it’s a one-time $49.99
>upgrade and upon logging in with one’s Omni Account the iOS/iPadOS/macOS
>apps all unlock to Pro.
Can the iPad version see the outlines on my Mac and vv?
Thx
Posted by satis
Jan 7, 2026 at 06:48 AM
https://support.omnigroup.com/documentation/omnioutliner/universal/6.0/en/connect/
Any document you keep in a synced folder can be opened and edited. Omni has recommended using iCloud Drive as the primary method for cross‑platform syncing, since iOS versions integrate the Files/document browser and make it easy to open and create documents directly on iCloud Drive.
Syncing relies on the standard OmniOutliner document format (the usual .oo3/.ooutline package) stored in a shared cloud location.
When using third‑party cloud providers (Dropbox, Box, etc.), Omni has warned that not all providers handle package file formats equally well.
Posted by Skywatcher
Jan 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It’s a no-brainer, I upgraded. The columns feature is what makes it unique to me.
Posted by Amontillado
Jan 7, 2026 at 01:25 PM
Ok, an update.
Ken (Case, I believe) emailed asking for an activity monitor snapshot while OO was hung - and I can no longer get it to hang.
There was one thing different, though. The first non-hanging time I launched OO on my laptop, it gave me a warning that thumbnails had changed and asked if I really wanted to run the app.
Ridiculous question. It’s OO6! Of course I wanted to run it.
Then, no more hangs. OmniGroup says there is no limitation on simultaneous instances on a single user license, a practice in wide use at OmniGroup.
My best guesses run along the lines of a connectivity issue between me and OmniGroup’s license servers or perhaps some temporary issue at OmniGroup with an unintended side effect.
I take it from this and beta email OmniGroup’s customer support is active and accurate. I’ll confess a moment of panic when OO kept hanging. At this point, I have no doubts about it.
There is an ongoing mission for the OO user community, though. We need to pressure OmniGroup to get cracking on OO7. No more withering on the vine, please!
My vote for what we should sell OmniGroup on is a mind map view.
Amontillado wrote:
I have found one disquieting thing. I installed it on my laptop and
>opened it to configure OO6’s toolbar. It wouldn’t run. The instance on
>my desktop was unresponsive. I force quit and tried again. No luck.
>
>It appears it checks to see if another instance of itself is running on
>another system. I do not condone software theft. On the other hand, I’d
>hate to be out on the road and unable to use OO because I left it
>running on my desktop.
Posted by satis
Jan 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Overview from a staffer new to outliners.
Apple App Store short article.
https://apps.apple.com/us/mac/story/id1462144368